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Sokmonsta · 2013-08-14T05:58:34+00:00

Morning! Since its a sunny day here I thought I'd say sunny hellos. Unless of course anyone else has beat me to it and I've missed the new thread.

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triplets · 26/08/2013 07:10

Morning :) Lovely to see the sun, supposed to be nice all week. Worrying now about what to wear for this wedding, last chance today!!

MultipleMama · 26/08/2013 07:25

My last exam was 22nd June and we didn't need to be in school just go down for our exams and then college was 2nd September. This was 2006. I managed to get a job between school and college. And after a year at college I was pregnant! Doesn't look like it's changed that much in 7 years...

Shabs - I used to love singing Star Trekking on holiday! Lol.

Sok - Hope Jen feels better soon. Let's hope the Dr can help her xx

Russia is great. Currently cuddled on sofa with Petrov and the twins. I'm being looked after well and the twins are in love with Uncle Petrov it made DH jealous over skype last night haha.

I was informed that we're my Grandparents are invading on Thursday. They're coming armed with cooked food and baby gifts. I can't wait to see them and let them hold their grandbabies for the first time!

Today Petrov is taking the twins out for the day so I've pumped and pumped so he's well prepared for their cluster feeding. I will be relaxing at a Spa down the road and then sleeping :)

Hope you're all having a good day! :)

shabbatheGreek · 26/08/2013 08:56

Morning girls xx

bubby64 · 26/08/2013 16:52

Hi All
Mama - glad to here you hot there ok and you are being looked after
Shabs/Trips I agree, these holidays seem to be very long, despite the frequent outing etc that we have done.
Rubes- is your DS feeling any more positive yet?
Soks - I also loved the pre toddler/toddler age.
Chops - M still gets aches and pains in his muscles and joints if he over does things, he is a lot better at knowing his limits now, but if he is enjoying something he sometimes forgets.
We have just got back from a weekend away camping at a big local car show.
Very embarrassing start on Friday night, J had a huge temper tantrum at 2am as M's tent had been flooded out, and we had to wake J to get him to move over and share his (double!) bed in the caravan. He screamed and shouted, kicked and punched and was unbelievably nasty, he was so loud we had the site security come round to find out what the disturbance was It took me nearly 40min to get him to calm down and see he was being completely unreasonable with R fuming in the background knowing if he got involved things would deteriorate even more. R and I wanted to take him home Saturday to stay with our friend, but, unfortunately, her son was ill, so she couldn't take him. His behaviour did get a lot better though, ( he knew he had pushed us to our limits!), so we went on the cruise (all the cars driving a set route, with a lot of people watching and waving) to the seafront, and was not too bad, despite the rain showers, (i had a lovely lunch of fresh seabass), but then the heavens opened!! It poured down all afternoon and into the early evening, and a lot of the site was flooded, a large number of people ended up sleeping in their cars or in the barn complex on site (it was at the county showground). Then a glorious day yesterday with the main show, (luckily the ground was sandy soil, so the lakes drained fairly quickly!), Also there were good live bands Saturday and last night, and a huge disco foam party. (pics on facebook), then a big communal breakfast this morning.
It was nice, but it just seems that we are always on tenterhooks at the moment waiting for J to have his next meltdown.

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MultipleMama · 26/08/2013 21:23

Bubby - Sounds like you had a crazy but lovely break.
Sok - Glad to see babies are doing well :)

Twins were totally cranky and fussy today. I felt so sorry for Petrov who seemed worn out when he came home with a passed out Dieter in sling and a screaming Dom in stroller. I just think it's the jet lag and the lack of sleep. Both were asleep by 7pm though and it's now midnight and they've just woke up for their first feed. Tomorrow Ivan is off work so he and Petrov are taking twins swimming so I can sleep more. The Spa was heaven. They even massaged my bump and the spawn loved that! Still not used to talking Russian all the time! Haha.

triplets · 26/08/2013 23:18

Mama when will you stop b/f, I have visions of you b/f all 4 in a few weeks time? How is dh coping?

MultipleMama · 27/08/2013 06:24

I'll stop b/f when they wean themselves. I love b/f so I don't want to stop and they show no signs of stopping. I want to b/f all 4. We talk to DH and the kids every morning and night ob skype and DH and I call at our bedtime. I think he's coping well, he has my dad there to look after them while he works. He's had a few tantrums of "I want mama" but that goes away when he calls me on skype for them. I think it's me who isn't coping; I miss them like crazy!

Chopstheduck · 27/08/2013 07:15

Morning girls x

Hats off to you mama - I do admire women who can extended bf, I coudn't do it! By 6 months I wanted my boobs back! Feeding four will be demanding though, you will have to make sure you get plenty of rest and food.

Do you generally speak russian to the kids at all? DH is Indian and I would have loved to have brought ours up bilingual, but dh couldn't manage to keep up speaking gujarati to ours since I couldn't understand barely a word.

We had a lovely weekend, relaxed for a while, sorted out the garden yesterday. When we moved here, nearly 8 years ago it was planted with about 8 baby trees - it's a constant battle now trying to keep on top of them so they don't take over the whole garden! I am covered with scratches.

Bubby sorry to hear that J has been kicking off too. I saw your pics on facebook and it looked like such a lovely weekend! J sounds more and more like my brother, who is still very sensitive and kicks off at the slightest thing, but he has calmed down a lot now. Seabass sounds gorgeous, one of my favs!

Glad Jen had a better weekend, soks. It will get better x

Trips, hope the ATC fundraiser went well? Next time you are in London, check out Chiltern street. There is a whole bunch of shoe shops catering for up to a size 11!! Prices are mid to high, but some of the shops have the most gorgeous shoes. My favourite is Crispin shoes, I got some ballet pumps there in a Chanel cream and navy style in the softest Italian leather - they are absolutely gorgeous. I was like a child in a sweet shop, so many shoes and they were contemporary and stylish!

shabbatheGreek · 27/08/2013 07:43

Morning girls xx

MultipleMama · 27/08/2013 08:32

Morning (almost afternoon!)

Chops - I'm hoping to reduce the twins feeds but still feed on demand... I'm thinking of breakfast before morning so they're not wasting food from lack of hunger. 11 months old and still cluster feeding! No idea how it'll work out but we'll figure it out. Worse case scenario; twins switch from breast to b/m in their sippy cups during the day - like they did yesterday.

Kids speak English, Russian and German. My dad speaks Russian constantly around them plus K had tutoring at 3 for a year, plan to do it with other dc. At home we speak both English and Russian so they're fluent in both but sometimes need it said in English to understand and reply in German. Learning them to write them and not confuse the languages is gunna be hard though.

K takes after DH if he's emotional (excited, upset etc) he alternates between German and English when talking. His preschool teachers get so confused!

We have a few trees in our garden and one blocks out the sun so it has to be trimmed. Every time it's trimmed it grows wilder! Do you want to come do my garden? Haha

MultipleMama · 27/08/2013 08:34

I meant with speak English and German at home! Urgh, PG brain!

Chopstheduck · 27/08/2013 12:53

That is fab mama, I'm sure they will get it all worked out eventually.

And no thank you to the garden! I hate doing ours as it is - 4.5 hours yesterday!

triplets · 27/08/2013 14:23

Having a paddy....look ghastly in everything I put on for the wedding tomorrow, dh fed up hearing me say I look fat and old.........aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

MultipleMama · 27/08/2013 19:50

Chops - I love gardening usually but just seeing the state of it is killing me especially if I can't to do it :(

Trips - DH hates me when I do that too! You'll find something and I bet you look good in everything! :)

Kids kangaroo'd back to sleep courtesy of Uncle Petrov. My twins don't like me any more because Uncle Ivan and Petrov are spoiling them! And me too! Missing K & A like mad they both had a massive screaming match on skype earlier.

MultipleMama · 27/08/2013 23:46

Just heard my brother and Petrov doing the deed. I am scarred for life! The most embarrassing part is were my mouth decided to speak before thinking and asked if they wanted a drink of warm milk after I knocked on their door... I am now laid in bed with my ipod and chocolate horlicks. Just gunna sleep and die and of shame. DH found it hilarious. I'm mortified.

bubby64 · 28/08/2013 10:36

Mama . But i think i would be embarrassed too. I honestly think bf 4 will take so much of your time and energy you would be strughling a bit, so if the current 2 can be weaned a bit more it would help, but soooooo admire you for wanting to try
Trips- im sure you will look wonderful, whatever you wear.
Chops- dh tried to tidy our garden yesterday evening, and whilst doing so decided it would be a good idea to try and burn the heap of hedge clippings our neighbours so kindly left us to deal with. 5mins later he was running for buckets of water, whist I got the hose out, as it was burning out of control and treatening to set our actual hedge and fence alight . M had the good sense to go get the fire extinguisher out of the kitchen and the caravan, and we eventually got it out, but a good lesson learned J however, had yet another meltdown, because we wouldn't let him operate the extinguisher, so made things more difficult by keeping turning the hose off .

He is now kicking off again this morning because after all he has done, I am refusing to give him the bus fare and entry fee to go swimming with his mates this pm. I am right in this, aren't I? I have tried everything else, no phone, no xbox, no laptop, they didnt work, but stopping him from going off with his brother and mates to do something fun is the only punishment I can think of which will be effective.

bubby64 · 28/08/2013 10:36

Mama . But i think i would be embarrassed too. I honestly think bf 4 will take so much of your time and energy you would be strughling a bit, so if the current 2 can be weaned a bit more it would help, but soooooo admire you for wanting to try
Trips- im sure you will look wonderful, whatever you wear.
Chops- dh tried to tidy our garden yesterday evening, and whilst doing so decided it would be a good idea to try and burn the heap of hedge clippings our neighbours so kindly left us to deal with. 5mins later he was running for buckets of water, whist I got the hose out, as it was burning out of control and treatening to set our actual hedge and fence alight . M had the good sense to go get the fire extinguisher out of the kitchen and the caravan, and we eventually got it out, but a good lesson learned J however, had yet another meltdown, because we wouldn't let him operate the extinguisher, so made things more difficult by keeping turning the hose off .

He is now kicking off again this morning because after all he has done, I am refusing to give him the bus fare and entry fee to go swimming with his mates this pm. I am right in this, aren't I? I have tried everything else, no phone, no xbox, no laptop, they didnt work, but stopping him from going off with his brother and mates to do something fun is the only punishment I can think of which will be effective.

bubby64 · 28/08/2013 10:38

don't know why pad posted last message twice, Hi Ho, never mind

shabbatheGreek · 28/08/2013 11:08

Morning girls xx

MultipleMama · 28/08/2013 13:29

Bubby - Hoping to slow down their feeds during the day. I've been giving them the sippy cups when they're with Ivan and Petrov and they're not fussed how they get b/m as long as they get it and get it often. Gunna try morning and bed b/f and their trainer cups on night feeds. I'm sure it'll all fall into place :)

Hope your all having a good day :)

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Sokmonsta · 28/08/2013 15:17

Afternoon. Sunny days are here again.

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MultipleMama · 28/08/2013 18:55

Bubby - you're in the right. He should realise that bad behaviour has consequences and that you mean business. Must be awful and stressful for you!

Twins are fast asleep after an exhausting day out. My brother was insulted at the park because he and Petrov were hugging the twins in a "group" hug which the twins find hilarious. Sometimes I hate people. My brother laughed it off but Petrov got mad and was ranting when they got home. I spent the day pumping, eating and sleeping!

Evening, Sok. How is Jen today? X

shabbatheGreek · 29/08/2013 07:00

Morning girls xx

Chopstheduck · 29/08/2013 07:26

morning girls x

@ mama! I think I would have been mortified. Very sad about the park incident though, they sound like such brilliant Uncles too!

Bubby, I'd try whatever works. He does need to learn he can't get away with his strops. And that's why I took all our clippings to the tip! I was sorely tempted to try to burn it, but I know I'd set fire to something.

DT1 has been a stroppy little sod the past couple of days. His temper tantrums had calmed right down, but then he has had them two days running. First day he lost his screen time, yest he lost screen time and early to bed. Hoping today he is better! We're off out today to London, dt1 wants to go to the national art gallery so hopefully they will be better behaved. Then I am handing 3 over to dh to bring home and dd and I are hitting the West End! Off to see Mamma Mia.

Took them ice skating earlier this week, I dunno how on earth you managed it pregnant, mama! I've only been a handful of times, and not recently, so I found it really hard at first. dt1 split his chin open, and dt2 got his hand stepped on, causing a lovely flap of skin to be sheared almost off his fingers. Didn't put them off though - they were whizzing around by the end of the session!